The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-09

the INOItUCIu uIfISlOu VIC IdfC SfSi
found a sleepless, restless, ceaseless
struggle for sectional, local and indl-
vidual supremacy, marked at every step
by the fierce conflict between the vic
tins OF want and the despotism of
capital-a stern and native practicality
born of indigenous necessity; while
along the parallels of the "Old South"
has rolled the deep majestic tide of
national thought, national sentiment
and national action.
The South has been the land of
enterprises of great pith and mo-
ment," rather than the nursery of scrib-
blers. She has made history for others
to write and SELL She has carved with
the sword the pathway of the pen and
made America the stronghold of the
| Anglo Saxon race. The first resolu-
tions declaring the right of the colo
nies to be "free and independent "
were introduced into Southern Leg
islature by Southern man. The first
resolutions to the same effect were pre-
sented in the Colonial Congress by
another Southern man and took form
and consistence, in the Declaration OF
Independence, under the matchless
genius of still another Southern man.
A Southern man led the patriot armies
(, &c yictory and established the posi-
bilities of the proudest nation on the
earth. A Southern man was prime
mover of the Convention that framed
the Constitution. When the Govern
ment had been created, its organic law
was still an unexplained book, pom
, derous oar in unskilled hands. 1t was
left for the greatest legal mind of the
age, Southern Chief Justice, to ana
f lyze and stamp upon it the construc-
ton which will be accepted as long as
the Constitution is respected. A South
ern man framed the Ordinance for the
: organization and government OF the
r great North h-western Territory; an in
S strument second in importance only to
F.; the Constitution of the United States
: A Southern man was the author of the
f Republican theory of popular govern
e ment which prevailed during the sixt!
s years Of our greatest prosperity, peace
a and happiness. Of the IS President
e of the Continental Congress, wer
# from slave States. From 1889 to 1S5
e period of 81 years, embracing clever
Administrations the slave States fur
It nished eight Presidents, whose term
d of service covered fty-two year:
h During the same time the free State
n furnished three Presidents, whose com
n bined terms covered twelve years. I
twelve Vice Presidents, four were iror
d slave States. Under these eleven Ad
IS ministrations, the slave States supple
Y, fourteen Secretaries of State, eleve
a. Secretaries of War, six Secretaries
4 the Treasury, nine Secretaries OF til
D. Navy, and eight Postmaster General
J. OF fifty five Presidents, protein, of tt
is Senate, thirty were from sla'
IS States. Of thirty-one Speakers OF tt
ne House, twenty-five were from sla'
n States. Of FIVE Chief Justices, tw'
81 and the only two of great eminenc
IN we're from slave States. Of twent,,
in nine Associate Justices, seventeen we
of from slave States. Of twenty-one A
torney-Generals, fourteen were fro
r. slave States. Of one hundred ar
ry eighty-fve Public Ministers to foreie
tie countries, ninety-nine were from sla
lie States. Without going further IN
re exhaustive details, for which materl
in is abundant and overwhelming, we
he firm, without fear of decent denE
lly that along the lines of these fifty-t'
ng years, are ranged all the broad al
he lofty conceptions of craftsmanship,
ge the bold and fruitful enterprises,
ty, the grand and comprehensive achle'
~: ments from which have evolved
it pride, the power and the glory OF
per American people.
nd The war of 1912 was scarcely
is important in its results than the war
J" Independence. The one left us
of embryonice Nation; the other
ing veloped full grown Power, wlpl
BUS out the insults of twenty-five yea
of planting our flag upon the ocean a
ede dissolving every doubt in the minds
all foreign powers that we were COVE
mt. ment, de facto, and entitled to pl
five in the front rank of nations. l
'us. war, we are told by Northern his
,sa- rian, "was a Southern measure tor
lble protection of Northern interests;
tful it was inaugurated and pressed to
We triumphant issue under the Admin
edit tration of Southern STAKEHOLDER, S
leo- ported by Solid South, IN the
,uth of the almost solid opposition OF
tive free States. Who were the ma
g a spirits of that struggle? Such men
rep Clay, Calhoun, Monroe, Grun
we Lowndes and Croford; while only
of Senators North of the Delaware VIC
Ugly to sustain it.
lun- In the gloomiest and most CRIT
the days of the conflict, New England,
cted "writes all the books" was holdin
arly secession convention, denouncing
5 OF war and intriguing with the emlssa
oved of Great Britain. As conseque
the when England sent her powerful
sSth to invest our ports, she exempted
ated coast of New England from the OF
ions, tions of the war had established
In popularity in the free States, 30